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obamanut2012

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67. I doi resent my tax money offsetting deadbeat parents

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 01:19 PM

Jan 2012

Who either refuse to pay their support or shortchange on the support, thus causing the state or Feds to "make up" the gap via SNAP, etc. I do not resent the people who need the support. I also don't give a damn what they buy.

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Food stamp bills seek to restrict junk food [View all] The Straight Story Jan 2012 OP

What if . . . no_hypocrisy Jan 2012 #1

Republicans are confusing RockaFowler Jan 2012 #2

+1000 geardaddy Jan 2012 #73

Because Michelle Obama wasn't attacking poor people The Genealogist Feb 2012 #98

I ring a register at night Marrah_G Jan 2012 #3

I like this bill. blueamy66 Jan 2012 #4

Why do you assume that they are extras? Nikia Jan 2012 #8

I get your point. blueamy66 Jan 2012 #10

I hate the soda argument joeglow3 Jan 2012 #38

Iced tea is dirt cheap to make Aerows Jan 2012 #50

Water is nowhere near as filling as soda. Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #60

so we are held hostage by the food industry? mkultra Feb 2012 #114

Here is where I agree with you. What many do not know is that there are things that are already jwirr Jan 2012 #79

Which is why the poor have disproportionatly high health problem mkultra Feb 2012 #113

A box of mac and cheese Goblinmonger Feb 2012 #115

And both of those items are health killers mkultra Feb 2012 #121

When it is still cheaper to buy junk Goblinmonger Feb 2012 #122

This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Jan 2012 #9

busybodies? blueamy66 Jan 2012 #33

That's a bit unfair. She is saying that just because someone is getting public assistance doesn't yellowcanine Jan 2012 #37

Shall I oversee your fiancee's expenditures whilst he is paying back child support via court order? msanthrope Jan 2012 #54

Actually i doubt that. Soda is a pretty serious problem mkultra Feb 2012 #118

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I agree with your post. I find this urge to control the poor (as if they are animals) anneboleyn Jan 2012 #92

I doi resent my tax money offsetting deadbeat parents obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #67

+1000 Starry Messenger Jan 2012 #77

There are people on the program who spend money on crap xmas74 Feb 2012 #107

I think meat is unhealthy Goblinmonger Feb 2012 #116

you aren't giving anybody $100/week out of your paycheck to buy whatever they want CreekDog Feb 2012 #126

I agree- Bluerthanblue Jan 2012 #47

a better idea would be to subsidize healthy fresh food. CTyankee Jan 2012 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Bunny Jan 2012 #64

a thornier issue becomes the subsidy we currently give to companies that make the bad CTyankee Jan 2012 #68

Not really mkultra Feb 2012 #119

well, it seems to me that you can those IF we stop subsidizing junk food and switch over CTyankee Feb 2012 #123

Of course you do. LeftyMom Jan 2012 #76

Could you please give your bitterness a rest for two minutes? CreekDog Jan 2012 #88

+ a brazillion MissB Jan 2012 #89

My thoughts exactly. Plus infinity. anneboleyn Jan 2012 #93

Wow -- terrific post! obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #109

You said what I was thinking, but with less swear words. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #111

Thank you. Jamastiene Feb 2012 #130

+1 butterfly77 Feb 2012 #131

Now THAT is a "Nanny State". JoePhilly Jan 2012 #5

Because of course Spacemom Jan 2012 #6

Worse than that. They can have cookies, just not store bought cookies. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #16

Oh for heaven's sake. People are TOLD to eat sugary, fatty, highly processed foods. Avalux Jan 2012 #7

+1 Javaman Jan 2012 #11

It's not concerns about health that started this. Some people don't think that anyone Arkansas Granny Jan 2012 #12

In a nutshell. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2012 #18

Aside from the fact that states don't have the authority to do this, this would be problematic. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #13

Why is it unworkable? blueamy66 Jan 2012 #34

Apples and Oranges. WIC is a fraction of the size of snap and has a very restricted list of yellowcanine Jan 2012 #40

Who decides what a nonstaple unhealthy food is? and by by what criteria? eShirl Jan 2012 #14

I think there are a few defined things that could be limited LynneSin Jan 2012 #41

Not as easy as you think. Product label codes don't have ingredient labels programmed in.... yellowcanine Jan 2012 #48

Ever tried finding cheap food without HFCS? FloridaJudy Jan 2012 #65

Yes, one could, so why not just ban them for everyone? eShirl Jan 2012 #91

That argument assumes that there is no clear way to see any place on the spectrum mkultra Feb 2012 #120

Republicans must want big government rbrnmw Jan 2012 #15

Bingo! geardaddy Jan 2012 #75

true bullshit dembotoz Jan 2012 #17

I've got no problem with this. Ron Green Jan 2012 #19

She was talking about processed meats loyalsister Jan 2012 #20

Okay, let me throw this out there.... blueamy66 Jan 2012 #22

Well... bicentennial_baby Jan 2012 #25

I'm seeing this on DU? moriah Jan 2012 #28

Well, above all else, they shouldn't divorce and expect child support. msanthrope Jan 2012 #35

Wow. That tells me everything I need to know. No food stamps, no child support... anneboleyn Feb 2012 #96

Death and divorce are part of our ugly reality loyalsister Jan 2012 #29

true that blueamy66 Jan 2012 #32

I think that question should be your Mother's Day thread for 2012. msanthrope Jan 2012 #36

lol obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #44

I just reread that thread...Holy Carp I laughed.... msanthrope Jan 2012 #55

Anyone that searches for old threads has WAYYYYY too much time on their hands. blueamy66 Feb 2012 #100

Some crap you just bookmark. nt msanthrope Feb 2012 #112

"but who has 4 kids in this day and age?" Wow. Just Wow. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #51

Of words fail, why reply? blueamy66 Feb 2012 #101

US birth rate is below replacement level.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #105

Let's see. Either you are trolling us to get the outraged responses... moriah Feb 2012 #99

That certainly is a question that should be "thrown out." eShirl Jan 2012 #39

or "thrown up." Actually it seems that most of the posts by this person were just "thrown out". yellowcanine Feb 2012 #125

Of course they PLANNED to be a single parent with 4 kids...... yellowcanine Jan 2012 #42

don't have a kid if you cannot afford to raise it blueamy66 Feb 2012 #102

Raise "it"? Fumesucker Feb 2012 #106

I was waiting for you to say this obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #43

That's pretty fucking rude Marrah_G Jan 2012 #49

You could have decided right then to undo your "bad choices" from the past (sarcasm). yellowcanine Jan 2012 #53

That slut should have just kept her legs shut. tammywammy Jan 2012 #56

oh my obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #58

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Plus a million! anneboleyn Feb 2012 #97

I have asked him that. blueamy66 Feb 2012 #103

Your reading comprehension is off tammywammy Feb 2012 #124

I'm not sure which ant-choice type irks me more _ FloridaJudy Jan 2012 #59

They did it just so you'd have to pay for it! Missy Vixen Jan 2012 #83

You always post the negative stereotype (w/o regard to it being true) of poor people CreekDog Jan 2012 #90

Maybe they weren't a working single parent when they had the kids. Goblinmonger Feb 2012 #117

We knew you weren't done yet CreekDog Feb 2012 #127

So that's why Hostess is going bankrupt! Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #21

Sounds reasonable in principle, but I wouldn't want to be the one drawing the line... bhikkhu Jan 2012 #23

Isn't it bad enough they cut food stamps this year? geomon666 Jan 2012 #24

How much is this going to cost businesses to re-program their checker machines? JCMach1 Jan 2012 #26

It's Ronda Storms. Say no more. jmowreader Jan 2012 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #30

Lots of thinks SEEM quite reasonable until one starts looking at the details...... yellowcanine Jan 2012 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #62

False choice..... It is not either/or. We can fight obesity with education AND still treat SNAP yellowcanine Jan 2012 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Jan 2012 #80

There is a weak correlation between people on SNAP and obesity. yellowcanine Jan 2012 #66

How clever. Missy Vixen Jan 2012 #84

Seems like yet another way to punish and degrade those on aid. BlueIris Jan 2012 #31

speaking of junk food Enrique Jan 2012 #46

Popcorn is a healthy treat obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #52

Who actually DOES that, though? TheWraith Feb 2012 #94

I do, now obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #110

Popcorn is actually on my list of okay foods. Jennicut Jan 2012 #69

You can get some tasty no-salt popcorn seasonings - or make your own.... yellowcanine Jan 2012 #71

Thanks! Jennicut Jan 2012 #74

Is there a greater joy on this Earth than telling others what to do? ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #72

Particularly if you can do it in the guise of some GREATER GOOD yellowcanine Jan 2012 #78

Ooh, yeah Missy Vixen Jan 2012 #86

+1 trackfan Feb 2012 #95

The GOP sure likes big government telling people how to live their lives. AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #81

Exactly. The GOP is a big government party, even though they say the opposite. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #87

Um, aren't these the same people that were calling Michelle Obama a food Nazi bullwinkle428 Jan 2012 #82

Fine. As long as the corporations that produce that junk food don't get any tax breaks whatsoever Duer 157099 Jan 2012 #85

K&R PhoenixAbove Feb 2012 #104

Restriction is the wrong approach spinbaby Feb 2012 #108

Is there something wrong with this idea? jsmirman Feb 2012 #129

Everything we put into our mouth is slowly killing us. Life Long Dem Feb 2012 #128

Republicans hate poor people. DLevine Feb 2012 #132